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Hobby again hunting around the valley between Ossett and Dewsbury

09/08/2014 20:18

A Hobby has been spending much of the day hunting along the calder valley between Ossett and Dewsbury.

With many of the local breeding sand martins recently having newly fledged youngsters the Hobby has been concentrating its efforts chasing young birds which are still finding their feet away from the colony.The hobby seems to be concentrating its efforts in the area around the fields below Pildacre,Ossett and appears to be better seen around lunchtime.

Also in the valley todasy 3 Green Sandpipers near Dewsbury Sewage works and 15 Common Snipe .The latter usualy builds up its numbers in late summer early Autumn around mill Bank and if the conditions allow the banks of the Marshalling Yard sidings where in wet conditions birds can be flushed from the local footpaths.The build up of Snipe usualy goes on till late October when anything from around 50 to 100 birds can be counted in our area of the Valley.

48 Lapwings are still on Dewsbury Sewage Works wirh 42 Mallard and 3 Teal.10 Grey wagtails where on the filter beds along with 28 mainly immature Pied Wagtails.

3 singing Willow Warblers on Kerries and 3 singing Whitethroats.Also 4 singing Blackcaps.Much nest building going on round the Pildacre area with Bullfinch,Long Tailed Tit,Chaffinch and Goldfinch all carrying nesting material.Sand Martins almost up to full strength at around 33 pairs.2 singing Reed Warblers on Dewsbury Water Treatment works and 1 singing Sedge Warbler.5 Gadwall,38 Teal on Dewsbury Sewage Works.Barn Owls hunting in Fields below Mill Bank Thornhill and Mitchell Laithes fields.ossett early evenings

17/03/19

43 Golden Plover came in high from the North East and circled over Dewsbury Sewage Works for 5 minutes before departing to the North West at 0938 hours.10 Goosander,2 Goldeneye,18 Cormorant,3 Little Grebes on Calder between Ossett and Dewsbury.

Around 800 Pink Footed Geese over Ossett in 10 minutes this morning at around 11:15 in 4 skeins all flying directly Eastwards

Also 1 party of 52 Fieldfare flying South overPildacre fields Chickenley.

29/08/18

1 Common Sandpiper 1 Green Sandpiper 1 Little Egret 2 Kingfisher and at least 2 flying Buzzard family parties 1 of 5 birds and another of 3 birds all active this morning on or above the river calder between Healy Road Ossett and Earlsheaton.136 Starlings where on the telegraph wires in the fields just adjacent to Kerries Food Factory at the bottm of Healy Road Ossett at 09:45 also 65 Swallows feeding at the same site at the same time

20/08/18

Juv Kittiwake on Calder near DSF

06/08/18

4 Green Sandpipers,1 Common Sandpiper andd Little Egret on pebble bed West of Iron footbridge at the bottom of Healy Road Ossett and Green Woodpecker present on hedgerows lower Pildacre

09/06/2018A Lesser Whitethroat has been singing for the last few days outside Dewsbury Rugby League ground at lampost 20 on the housing side of the road

Around 250 House Martins feeding on and around the filter beds for the last couple of days along with around 130 Swallows.

First Common Whitethroat today 18/04/18

Peregrines mating on Dewsbury Town Hall 11/04/18

Little Owls back at Shaw Cross 11/04/18

1st Local Swallows return with Sand Martins inspecting last years nesting holes.

On Dewsbury Sewage Works 2 Little Grebes on main lagoon.58 Teat 3 Shoveller,1 Gadwall,2 Oyster Catcher.2 Kingfishers displaying on riverbank.2 Water Rails calling from seperate locations,6 Tufted ducks.On Kerries.1 Water Rail calling,8 Great Tits,6 Blue Tits,5 Long tailed Tits,6 Dunnocks,2 Bullfinch,7 Swallows around security box area,7 Sand martins on colony site and 2 Kingfishers,3 Goosanders on river(females) near sewage works fence. 5 Cormorants on river by the new traffic bridge on the sewage works.Windy and showery wind fresh to strong at times westerly'

3rd April 14

7 Swallows on Dewsbury Sewage works this morning.Much quieter otherwise but still 62 Teal,11 Tufted Ducks,1 Shoveller.A pair of Mallards have 13 ducklings on the main lagoon near Hotworks mill..Still 3 singing Chiff Chaffs on kerries reserve Ossett.Rather cold and heavy clouded this morning.

78 Teal,3 Shoveller,22 Mallard,8 Coot,8 Tufted Duck, on Dewsbury Sewage Works.1 Green Sandpiper on banks of river calder.4 Kingfishers at 2 seperate sites on the river.48 Pied Wagtails 3 Grey wagtails and 5 Goosander and 6 Cormorants on Calder.2 Kestrels are displaying on the Sewage works.2 Oyster Catchers where on the settling tanks on the works.

17/03/14

92 Teal on Dewsbury Sewage this afternoon 16:00 hours.Also 8 Tufted Ducks 22 Mallard,2 Mute Swans,8 Coot.5 Goosander on river(2 Males).2 Kingfishers,1 Kestrel.1 Sparrow Hawk(devouring Blue Tit in Car Park at Kerries Food Factory.2 Pairs of Canada Geese have taken up territory on banks of River Calder.A party of 8 Common Gulls flew West over the Sewage Works at 15:40

14/03/14

4 Wigeon feeding on river bank near new road bridge on Dewsbury Sewage Works.A Green Sandpiper is on the river bank near Hotworks Mill.Otherwise as yesterday.Very few Pied Wagtails due to maintenance work being carried out on the Filter beds.2 Kingfishers on the calder between Healy Road and Hotworks Mill.6 Snipe on the Sewage works and a party of 6 Reed Buntings in the largest of the Phragmitese beds.A single Kestrel was hovering on the works.

Nearby on Kerries reserve.1 Chiff Chaff in the large hedge.2 Great spotted woodpeckers chasing each other in the central area and single male Sparrow Hawk from the willow plantation across the river.

2 Common Buzzards circling over Horbury Bridge at 11:15 Also 1 Common Buzzard over Gawthorpe 13:30 and 2 more over Thornhill at 15:00.Also 2 Small Tortoiseshell Butterflies at Thornhill Cricket Club 14:30 and 3 Peacock Butterflies down Gawthorpe Lane Ossett in the morning,